Apart from the usual rest day, the big news is the new forecasts that the teams have. These unfortunately show a significant increase in the forecast summit winds for the 25th up to about 45kph.
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| Meeting of most of the teams to discuss condition and plans for summit bids |
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| The improving weather has melted much of the snow and ice in the vicinity |
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| The improving weather has melted much of the snow and ice up the valley leaving the hard under blue ice and quite a bit of exposed rock. |
This is now moving into dangerous levels - not so much being blown off the mountain but the wind strips heat off you very rapidly and we will be spending all night walking in the wind. This drains your energy and gives rise to a real risk of cold injury - especially in your fingers.
If there was anything like another summit opportunity we would not be going for this one, but the forecasts show little else in the next week or so, so we are going to be heading up tomorrow and just hoping for an improvement!
In general the food has been a lot better of late and I have been having large portions of everything which should hopefully give me the necessary energy for the mountain. I say in general as the chicken tonight had a rather concerning taste and I just hope trouble is not going to follow...
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